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Caution: Living Alone Puts People with Cognitive Decline at Risk

University of California, San Francisco | August 18, 2023


The Quiet Struggles Of Those Living Alone With Memory Loss

Forbes | July 18, 2023


A French Village’s Radical Vision of a Good Life with Alzheimer’s

The New Yorker | November 23, 2022


Sailing as a team: Navigating ground-breaking and collaborative qualitative research

University of California, San Francisco | September 27, 2022


The Perplexing Psychology of Returning to ‘Normal’

Wired | March 12, 2021


Seniors Living Alone with Cognitive Impairment Hit Hard by COVID-19 Pandemic

University of California, San FranciscoJanuary 6, 2021


Who Will We Be When This Is All Over?

Wired | December 7, 2020


Robots and Avatars that Show Emotions and the Role of Telepresence during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease | June 15, 2020


How Vulnerable Populations Are Coping with COVID-19

University of California, San Francisco | April 27, 2020


Why Life During a Pandemic Feels So Surreal

Wired | March 31, 2020


Life during COVID-19: renewing lost connections with location-based tech

Here 360 News | March 25, 2020


Social isolation, loneliness in older people pose health risks

National Institute of Health | April 23, 2019


Watch: 2016 Funded Researcher Elena Portacolone

Alzheimer's Association | April 26, 2016


How We Age: Elena Portacolone Looks at Older Adults Living Alone

Science of Caring | April 1, 2015